Bruce S. Kershner Art Gallery Reception: "The Way We Are"

The Bruce S. Kershner Art Gallery Committee invites the public to the opening reception for its current exhibit, "The Way We Are," on Thursday, June 29, from 5:30-7:30pm in the Kershner Gallery.  The show features the paintings of Lilah Heyman, Annie Sadlon and Daryl Zang; the artists will speak about their work at 6:00pm. Light refreshments will be served.  Visitors can view the works from June 24-August 19, 2023, during regular Library hours.

Lilah Heyman graduated from Fairfield University in 2021 with a BFA in studio art, and from Western Connecticut State University in 2023 with an MFA in painting.  Her work has been entered in juried shows at the Rowayton Arts Center, Arts Center East, and the New Haven Paint and Clay Club.  Lilah says, "As an artist, I paint from observation...I enjoy using bright, bold colors to capture a sense of vitality.  I pain both still lifes and interior scenes that focus on the rituals and beauty found in daily life."

Annie Sadlon earned her BFA from the University of Hartford Art School and studied abroad in Florence, Italy. She has exhibited her work in juried shows at New Britain Museum of American Art, the Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, and Arts Escape in Southbury, earning numerous awards.  Annie is currently an exhibiting member of Gallery 25 in New Milford.  She says, "As a passionate colorist, these paintings are built with layers of acrylic paint or oil and cold wax, just as we build on our life experience...It is my hope that you will find the metaphor insightful as you visually witness foundations supporting evolving surfaces."

Daryl Zang received a BFA in painting from Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts, and studied abroad in Florence, Italy.  Her work has been exhibited in galleries throughout the U.S. and in museums such as the Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Art in Springfield, Mass., and the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art in Wisconsin. Her work is included in the Bennet Collection of Women Realists in San Antonio, Texas.  Daryl says, "There is an incredible amount of beauty and wonder in our lives and it is on these simple moments that I choose to focus...My realist style enables me to create work that is immediately accessible and relatable."